Tag: Great Britain
Deep in a Covid Wave, Europe Counts Cases and Carries On
ROME — Customers in the Rome bookstore paid no attention to the circular stickers on the floor instructing…
Extreme Heat Puts Life on Hold in Britain, a Land Not Built for It
LONDON — Trains slowed to a crawl. Schools and doctors’ offices shut their doors. The British Museum closed…
Extreme Heat Continues Its March Across Western Europe
LONDON — The weather maps for Europe were blood red on Sunday as heat that has been baking…
Prime Minister Race in Britain Remains Unsettled in Wake of Johnson’s Downfall
Not only did Ms. Mordaunt urge Britons to vote for Brexit, but she also played a minor, though…
Studies Probe Adenovirus Link to Childhood Hepatitis Cases
For months, scientists around the world have been investigating cases of severe, unexplained hepatitis, or liver inflammation, in…
Mo Farah Documentary Puts Spotlight on U.K.’s Hard-line Policy
LONDON — The harrowing revelation by Mo Farah, the Olympic track and field star, that he was trafficked…
Cambridge Opens an Inquiry After Student Deaths
LONDON — Cambridge University has opened an investigation into a string of student deaths, one of which has…
Olympian Mo Farah Says He Was Trafficked to the UK as a Child
Mo Farah, the first British track and field athlete to win four Olympic gold medals, said in a…
Susie Steiner, Author of Acclaimed British Crime Novels, Dies at 51
To Ms. Steiner, vision problems were, in some ways, a blessing as well as a curse.“My sight loss,”…
Boris Johnson May Be Fading Out, but Not the Divisions He Stoked
LONDON — The swift, stinging downfall of Boris Johnson this past week removes a uniquely polarizing figure from…
Boris Johnson Fights to Hold Power After Cabinet Ministers Resign
LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain suffered a potentially lethal political blow on Tuesday when two…
Britain Gears Up for a Summer of Labor Discontent
LONDON — It was one of the more unusual public displays in a city long used to noisy…